
Matt Eberflus sent the Bears home for the summer Thursday a different head coach than he was at this time a year ago — a better one, he hopes. The reason for optimism, the Bears coach said, is that he’s not in his first season anymore.
“When I became the defensive coordinator at Missouri and I was 29 years old, the second year was better than the first year — and it kept getting better and we kept adding talent,” he said. “And the same thing when I became the coordinator at the Colts. Same thing.